Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-16

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- reala q sbAll Ws tzbs . bask
- - I'd California and OFseon taks
:. .z.sn q - basinsas and ls1ss q
4. .kiu Mn palyi
49, yeass ego visited san Jose -
..-.rs~sss fhis matter; thsa Vas whsn
~.wars srpsosing Ne oomplatian 81 Ne
r.,,hsrn Panias Railroad soon, bua
- aoonsd % diszppefstnent. Hos
- he rod yin Be eumpisie6
- esss ~ Cascade MsualaiDs II
-, sgrsne. and that " san saip ear
e.ult usthoui dstsuiinn.
ssund them shipping enormous
.-.-llsfss q fruit b almsst al points
=. 4 he Rockiss-by the hundred car
tes--aad making money. Nov 4 =
.....llv certain thai ve oah fsiss e
- naars here - can be raised IN
n.,;sosula. Or, fof tbat ma1tsF. Il ans
s-,s 81 1he world. and raise them ehaap
s-anhundamA Our trees bear eariY and
..-emnsig. she fFnls ~ sound and shApeIy,
y eood oolor and favor. and will CON.
- wsll in any market; the crop h
.-vrlsr and will bear shipping. and shy
- ersnis large business " thts branch
dhassaadr
a, ssishbos across the way 6ays Il
hi not cav; that be sent hts panrA 81
~ ReatsIe market and Res bus fia1l4
ersr frsighs and commissions ont u
-. and Con his paFt be doe1 mol
~ any mofs peafa Ii bis"
n freed foFRets time VS. that oorn
"A even bacoa we're burned for fnei u
~ western States, 10 days gone by
Fhsl was uhen there was ne lnaEket,'
Ar more VS. pfoduoed than was
sessed- that Is, Cor ths home market. |
rad gsu-~but when there was az neou-
nriaflsn ssfhoient 70 fuhhis them 20
80 nns for The wOfIa,s market, than |
~ nssos vent up, until no9 corn and /
- are tuo great staples bringing mil |
Iioas Il money into the pockets Of the /
BealeEn farmers. SEA ~
Reit wonid Be with our pear; n gel
sslss6 engnkh % load q nufnheF 81 cars |
eash Dag daring the shipping season, no
fuag bai Ws you'd and 9 sarket. and
- greater ne quantity ss pRoduoed 4
~ greater the demand. We should re-
msmbsf the arsst lreeleas plain 70 N
eSsssasd Of a.. and how extensive the
ia ayanlEy, with elimnts su harsh e.
isallsEly pfscIuds the raising Of pears.
Aessrsapondsnt wFiles. asking Whaf
kibasof pears would you plantf7 This
Ri qasstlon 10 part 10 b answered BIZ
~ nrlsaFyman and in pagt By the ex
r1sisnss d IHdiVidu8ls 70 TIE different |
1lslltiss. For mysslf I eonla net re-
snmnend NE Winter Nelis, although
abeIs may. ] have ROY Of nine txee6
t1,i for aftesn ye4fe do not believe |
hnBo borne the aggregate Of nine hueh4
N, uhy not | tAnnDt tell. We have
noot pEnnsd. top ptnnsd, and Hnelly III
deanSir efabbed aoma 81 tnnm out, %
&c feeemmend one variety not to
planl.
Bat this h the exception. One Of the
nest pfofuse bearers, and good ship
pina Gear, too, and 0ne that always
bsaEs, ls the IIoalse Bon Dc Jersey. and
4 b 4 good ueAr. / haye 4he trees,
lhlnks thirty feet high. noi ifftaen years
I'D, and | viii guess they have borne
annuaily, for . number % yeaFs. fifteen
buaksls 10 the tree. OF course, the 10
eomfaFahle Bartlett could come ina
any oollection, either fof hoE1e use % i
fof ahivpinR, notwithstanding Il IL q shy
bearer. xiak fcoald Be suTe and make
% mistake ~ 10 the flve best varieties,
al thinaa considered for shippine puF
posaa. II our nufseFymen and neigh
bora could speak out Ia pFioE on this
point, u would do Is all good.
More has dossn times 3 wsak en-
asked: Hos many hop roots 10 plant
on an aafefs and " Do you think Il will
pay 70 plant hops now7" To the latter
question, II yoaF soil and location are
sHited, and yon 90 in with means and
deleEmination 70 etays would answeF
fes;' bat u one or both, or all three
q these conditions, are absent, then OF
naiss No" Hop growing IN wash
ngion Territory IL yet Ia its infancy,
and many will doubtless fail aud lose
money on their ventures.
luoaid say that i've thousand hop
roots nhonld be planted 10 the sore; that
b, u yoa = ant nearly o foil crop the
hfst gear. We nov pFaatioe planting .
double hill, 50 70 speak. ana afaeFward
Destroy one half Of ID BY the ploa; that
b " plant Two roots on ons side Of the
pie. aud three about twelve inches dis
iani % The opposite side. II the lanj
y Reod and we'll prepared, large roots
planted and properly cultivated. no fear
bat you can harvest fourteen hHndred
psands per acre, planting Ia March or
Apfil and harvesting lass week In Sep
nnbeF % same year. have 10 exoep
lienAl oAsee harvested over q ton per
.cfs lhe nfst year, under conditions -
described.
ANeatana stock raiser (ona Who, q
u said, has tAFee hundrad hlooded |
eerrefl has been tnrough Pnyaliup aud
Whiis ftves valleys looking for q looa
nau. fhs harsh oiimalo II MunfaRa 1
eheeta TIE gfneth, 80 that the two year
~ California tillies are ~ large as their
honiana thFea year oida. What be
vAnta y mild climate, where : horses
WI efow al We year round" Hate. In
lailirds =, ca Puget Sound. 10 January,
y found lbs grass green, nowefs IN
Boon 10 the open AIR, and every evt-
esnce that the conditions existed which !
e vas hnnting fes. w
eAse eftsn naticed thai the apparent
npid Rfovta Of Dur ffpit trees Il due
nofe V sae long erawiug season. than I
y any other cause. Il l. no unoommon
eeeaireacsfor trees 10 eraW uine monaha
y Ne year instead Of dve, as Ia some /
aimsaea, - that thsy bear 50 abundant
w % three yeara altar planting; IN |
l.eA have the growth Of i've years M !
~ ordinary conditions IN this favored !
tlimals.
n
- thA sa0e nan told Of Jersey Gov
~ naae = poands Of butter week- /
ssaa msk vas zoe aith bnlteF. Our
rsAeeoof Hewitt eAn say a. much for BIZ
sasnAm, % far e. quantity 81 butser
ueeeh esneetnad M paunds per
- fiem "a poonds Of milk. This h
-..s'niS great showing, and tor The
-.se OF az moetha as grsst-76A
ssaee Of milk, or q pounds 3 day for
~e sAole 81 THAI period
4 I've better PART % mv neiehbofs i story /
v eome. While the Montana naan
y sock aboat fafy aertsof land /,
Aase hofsa oF z odu y uoF ueiehhor
~ aad ] believe u - strictly true.
80 -. ee mAiuta'ns - he'd % COWS. 6 ,
y -. and Il yearlings on t,isS aosea, Is
s..eo was IN meadow, q 10 roots. I
Ts ~ - sAlAsse ~ posture said !